Adequacy of the WHOQoL-BREF to Assess the Quality of Life of Victims of Armed Conflicts

There is a deterioration in the quality of life (QoL) of survivor victims of warlike conflicts. Because there is a need to guaran-tee the effectiveness of assessment tools for these populations, we studied the adequacy of the World Health OrganizationQuality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQoL-BREF) to assess the QoL of 1,136 surviving victims of the armed conflict inColombia. Although this questionnaire has yielded promising results, questions remain about its psychometric suitability forspecific populations. We used model modification at the item level, comparisons of models with different factor structures,and dimensionality analysis to address the psychometric problems encountered. Dimensionality analysis using a bifactormodel suggests that WHOQoL-BREF total scores might be a more appropriate way of reporting results when model fit ade-quacy is not reached. Conclusions are offered on the psychometric properties of the WHOQoL-BREF, the evaluation ofspecial populations, and possible strategies to address future questionnaire modifications.

• Autores: Morales Valiente, Claudia; Mok, Liu; Wong, Alina; Manzanero Puebla, Antonio Lucas; Guarch Rubio, Marta; Simancas Fernández, Marlen Raquel; Celedón Rivero, José Carlos; Salas Picón, Wilson Miguel
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/54229
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/54229; https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231201145
• Palabra clave: Quality of life; WHOQoL-BREF; Victims; Factorial analysis; Bifactor model
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/